Meantime, the company bit the bullet and is dumping the unfortunate Tony Haywood as CEO, effective October 1st.

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Today, Bank of America bit the bullet and ditched the fees altogether.

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They bit the bullet and realised that they were in for some hard times, but that in the long run it would pay dividends.

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At year's end, Vietnam's leaders bit the bullet.

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"In September the government bit the bullet and said 'we are going ahead' despite the loss of a coalition partner, and it is important we do it because India's future is at stake, " he says.

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That means the moderate Democrats in the House and Senate who are up for re-election this fall will be wading into an even more hostile political climate than when they initially bit the bullet to back their party last year.

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Speaking for Angelos, who wasn't available for an interview, Bader said that after blowing through six general managers in 12 seasons while the Orioles piled up losses, the club finally bit the bullet when it decided to hire respected baseball man Andy MacPhail and let him rebuild with youth.

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What seems more than a bit disingenuous is to take a bullet point in a preamble, and make it seem that this was the main thrust of something that Michele Bachmann signed, when it reality, what she signed was a vow to defend the traditional notions of marriage and family in both the public and private sphere.

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